Urban Notebooks
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February 2022
Issue 20
UNESCO launches a Report on the impacts of pandemic on the creative industry, preparations for MONDIACULT 2022, Professor Patricia Green on the Historic Urban Landscape in the Caribbean and SIDS, and more news and events from UNESCO, ICCROM, the European Commission…
January 2022 Issue 19
Lazare Eloundou Assomo appointed Director of World Heritage at UNESCO, UNESCO-IPCC-ICOMOS meeting strengthens synergies between culture and science for climate action, expert perspectives from Dr. Nobuko Inaba on community involvement in heritage management, and more from Europa Nostra, the UIA and others.
November-December 2021 Issue 18
The UNESCO General Conference and other milestones from 2021, looking back at World City Labs with Kyiv, Saint Petersburg and the Netherlands, Jad Tabet on the role of civil society in the reconstruction of Beirut, and other news from ICLEI, the World Urban Forum…
October 2021 Issue 17
UNESCO Executive Board, World Cities Day, climate change and World Heritage, key initiatives and events leading up to the COP26, Dr. Christian Ost on the role of heritage in the circular economy and climate change strategies for cities, news from UN-Habitat, the World Bank and more.
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Lazare Eloundou Assomo appointed Director of World Heritage at UNESCO, UNESCO-IPCC-ICOMOS meeting strengthens synergies between culture and science for climate action, expert perspectives from Dr. Nobuko Inaba on community involvement in heritage management, and more from Europa Nostra, the UIA and others.
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